2 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons double-acting _or_ 3 teaspoons cream of tartar baking
powder
½ cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
⅔ cup milk
¼ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon cloves
Sift together first three ingredients. Cream together shortening, sugar,
and vanilla. Beat in eggs. Add milk alternately with flour mixture. Beat
½ minute. Place ⅓ of batter in a small bowl; stir in molasses and
spices. Pour light and dark batters alternately into a well-greased,
lightly floured, 8-inch, tube cake pan or into a 9x9x2-inch pan. Bake
tube cake 1 hour in moderately slow oven (325° F.); the 9x9x2-inch cake
45 minutes in moderate oven (350° F.). Frost as desired.
YIELD: 12 servings.
APPLESAUCE CAKE (one-bowl method)
(Have all ingredients at room temperature)
2 cups sifted cake flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon double-acting _or_ 1½ teaspoons cream of tartar baking
powder
¾ teaspoon soda
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
½ cup shortening
⅓ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 eggs
Heat oven to 375° F. (moderate). Sift first seven ingredients into a
mixing bowl. Add shortening, molasses, and applesauce. Mix until all
flour is dampened. Beat 2 minutes by hand or electric beater (low
speed). Add eggs. Beat 2 more minutes. Bake 25 minutes or until done in
2 well-greased, lightly floured, round, 8-inch, layer-cake pans. Cool;
frost with MOLASSES MOCHA FROSTING (page 11).
YIELD: 12 servings.
MOLASSES FEATHER CAKE (one-bowl method)
(Have all ingredients at room temperature)
2¼ cups sifted cake flour
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon double-acting _or_ 1½ teaspoons cream of tartar baking
powder
½ teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening
¾ cup GRANDMA’S MOLASSES
2 eggs
1 teaspoon flavoring
½ cup milk
Heat oven to 375° F. (moderate). Sift first five ingredients into mixing
bowl. Add shortening, molasses, eggs, and flavoring. Mix until all flour
is dampened. Beat 2 minutes by hand or electric beater (low speed). Add
milk. Beat 2 more minutes. Bake 25 minutes or until done in 2
well-greased, lightly floured, round, 8-inch, layer cake pans. Cool;
frost as desired.
YIELD: 12 servings.
_Spiced Feather Cake_: Omit flavoring. Add 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ½
teaspoon nutmeg, and ¼ teaspoon cloves.